The Drift/Touge/JGTC Thread [Archive]

Masa the Masta

09-12-2005, 09:02 PM

Anyone interested in the Japanese Motorsports? I forgot to add Gymkhana in there (is that even from Japan?).

I personally like it all, and I went to D1GP last year. Anyone else got experiences/car/etc? :rolleyes:

Edit: Wangan counts too!

Mechs

09-12-2005, 09:59 PM

Ummmmm...I dont really follow motorsports but I have heard of the JGTC. Man I love those cars man. I wish I could get a Rx-7 but I hear it would be a bitch to maintain :(.

Kintaro

09-12-2005, 10:51 PM

Small note: Isn't it SuperGT now ?

Aside from that note, I only wished more races could be shown... Nascar Nation deserves to burn...

Masa the Masta

09-13-2005, 12:02 AM

Small note: Isn't it SuperGT now ?

Aside from that note, I only wished more races could be shown... Nascar Nation deserves to burn...

Lol, Massive engines and 500 laps of doing the same lefthand turns over and over, taxing the mind heavily from the redundancy and the loudness...that's why it needs to burn??

If so, good reason. :D

I think it is Super GT now.. :S My bad. Didn't they have a JGTC meet/thing here in the U.S, California specifically? I missed it. :(

dome1984

09-13-2005, 12:17 AM

oh i just love the jap. tuning scene.. too bad i can't get the nice car mags like option or vipcar/van over here :(

ESPayne

09-13-2005, 04:20 AM

I really don't do any racing, but here's a picture of my baby.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y297/ESPayne/SilviaFutamatagawa.jpg

dome1984

09-13-2005, 10:03 AM

uuhh nice work wheels on that s15 :)
those wheels cost too much over here (1500sfr a piece thats like 1100$)
dont they cost so much in japan ??

Mechs

09-13-2005, 12:15 PM

I really don't do any racing, but here's a picture of my baby.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y297/ESPayne/SilviaFutamatagawa.jpg

:Drool:...How much that cost you?

Masa the Masta

09-13-2005, 05:21 PM

Nice wheels. ;) Do you get a lot of girls in that car??

I wonder how much the car was worth..S15 would be expensive, no?

ESPayne

09-13-2005, 10:07 PM

uuhh nice work wheels on that s15 :)
those wheels cost too much over here (1500sfr a piece thats like 1100$)
dont they cost so much in japan ??

Well, I think they cost me about $2,000 total. I think they were on sale.

ESPayne

09-13-2005, 10:09 PM

:Drool:...How much that cost you?

The car was about $8,000. I'm afraid to add up how much cash I've put into it, though. Ha!

ESPayne

09-13-2005, 10:13 PM

Nice wheels. ;) Do you get a lot of girls in that car??

I wonder how much the car was worth..S15 would be expensive, no?

Thanks! I get a lot of young girls looking, but I don't stop much. I figure it's best to stay out of trouble. Ha! Man, I do wish I was a teenager again, though! :D

dome1984

09-14-2005, 04:43 PM

http://tanetane92.web.infoseek.co.jp/gallery.html
some nice pix from jap. car events

chrisnick

09-16-2005, 02:01 AM

the land around here's pretty crappy and straight, so i can't really get a whole lot of 'carving going on. if i want something remotely interesting, i have to go over near cleveland, or somewhere in michigan. there's 1 or 2 roads i terrorize regularly, but they're getting a bit too populated for me, and i just don't feel safe on them anymore.

Intense

09-16-2005, 04:28 PM

Self proclaimed touge, jgtc, d1, drift yadda yadda yadda addict :D

Currently building up a series 1 rx7 for touge and drift use

Masa the Masta

09-16-2005, 05:55 PM

Self proclaimed touge, jgtc, d1, drift yadda yadda yadda addict :D

Currently building up a series 1 rx7 for touge and drift use

Series 1? Don't you mean 1st gen?

Good show, at any rate. Those are nice. I was going to buy one for 1,500...but then I decided not to. Just not in a good condition, and all.

Shinzon

09-17-2005, 12:24 AM

I think it is Super GT now.. :S My bad. Didn't they have a JGTC meet/thing here in the U.S, California specifically? I missed it. :(
yes it is SuperGT now ..
and its is odd that there is no SuperGT race at California Speedway.. the JGTC race was a massiv hit...
and they did change the name so it chould go internasional

Mechs

09-17-2005, 06:06 AM

It should. On that note are there any Japanese Race Car drivers that race outside of Japan or any international racers racing in japan?

Masa the Masta

09-17-2005, 06:42 AM

There's a Japanese F1 driver that drives under BAR Honda, I know that much. His last name is Sato, I forget his first name.

As far as international drivers go, I know there's a couple in SuperGT. Maybe I'll be one someday. :D 2007 SuperGT spec Nissan GT-R, WHAT NOW?! :eek:

Shinzon

09-17-2005, 09:54 PM

i got the impresion that 30-40% of all the SuperGT drivers where from Europe :P

and there has been japanes drivers inn DTM .. (infact .. ARTA used to have a DTM team .. )

Intense

09-18-2005, 02:11 PM

chrisnick

09-18-2005, 03:42 PM

i've read that the non-japanese drivers are there so that when they win, the spotlight can actually be put on the other driver. this came straight from a driver on Nismo's team(i forget his name, but i believe he's german?).

a litte OT, but is there a "what do you drive" thread already? i've searched, and found nothing, i just want to make sure.

Jay

09-18-2005, 03:43 PM

...And here comes little old Johnny-come-lately me. ><

Love drift, love JGTC. Reading back now...

chrisnick: I don't know the relevance of this, but Wayne Gardner did quite well driving a Supra, I think he was better than his team mate. But it wouldn't surprise me if that's why international drivers are employed.

Hell, I don't care if the spotlight isn't on me. I'd just love to drive a JGTC Supra. :D The Esso Ultraflo one, that's super sexay.

Shinzon

09-20-2005, 10:02 PM

In aus we go by series, series 1,2,3 = first gen. series 4,5 = 2nd gen. sereis 6,7,8 = 3rd gen.
http://members.iinet.net.au/~awcabren/Sa22c/ thats my one :D, soon to be terrorizing a mountain near you (if u live in australia :p)
where did you get those number from?
in otherwords .. you have a FB
i prefere the FC.. and the FD is #2.. the FB comes WHAY donw on the list .. the RX-5 is #3 and the RX-2 is #4..the FB is behind the RX-3

Intense

09-21-2005, 02:48 AM

You actualy like rx5's? oh well each to their own :p
Australia got a different set of models compared to the usa, we never got the FB chassis, they are all sa22c like japan. Series one have different bumper and rear, drum brakes on the back rather than disks (mine are s2 disks)